SMT at 50: Notes, Queries, and a Plea for More (Topical) Analysis

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2026
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This reflection begins by observing that the 1977 rupture between AMS and SMT was not as total as some accounts have implied. I then comment on the inevitable but somewhat problematic rise of interest groups, SMT's enduring structuralist priorities, and the practice of music analysis. I end by making a case for topical analysis, a mode of analysis that facilitates inquiry into both the structural and expressive dimensions of music.
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Authors Kofi Agawu
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Journal music theory spectrum
Year 2026
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10.1093/mts/mtag033
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mts/mtag033
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